188 - Examining the Beliefs That Drive Us

Secular Buddhism

Noah Rasheta

Spirituality, Buddhism, Mindfulness, Society & Culture, Meditation, Secular, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy

4.8 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

In this introspective episode, Noah Rasheta shares personal updates about significant changes in his life over the past few months, including a career transition and a move to a new home. He explores the parallels between his new role in data infrastructure and the inner workings of the human mind, drawing insightful connections between hardware, software, and the beliefs that shape our experiences.

Noah dives deep into the concept of the cognitive cycle, explaining how our beliefs influence our perceptions, thoughts, emotions, actions, and ultimately, our reality. He emphasizes the importance of examining and updating our beliefs, likening them to the software that runs on the hardware of our brains.

Through relatable examples and personal anecdotes, Noah illustrates how our beliefs can impact our day-to-day lives, from fear of public speaking to the way we react to challenges. He encourages listeners to be introspective and mindful of the beliefs that drive their actions and to consider updating their "mental software" to better navigate life's complexities.

Join Noah on this thought-provoking journey as he shares valuable insights from his own life experiences and invites listeners to reflect on the interconnectedness of their thoughts, emotions, and actions in the pursuit of inner peace and personal growth.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the secular Buddhism podcast, a podcast that presents Buddhist
0:08.0	teachings, concepts, and ideas from a secular perspective. You don't need to use what you learn from Buddhism to be a Buddhist,
0:15.2	you can use what you learn to simply be a better whatever you already are. I am your host
0:20.9	Noah Rocheta and let's jump in to today's topic.
0:25.0	Today's podcast episode is going to be a little different from the normal format
0:30.0	because I do want to give you an update on things that have been going on in my life.
0:35.0	The last podcast episode that I uploaded was January 25th.
0:40.0	So it's been three months more or less since my last episode.
0:47.4	And a lot has been going on.
0:49.2	The truth is I've been quite busy, probably
0:52.2	some of the busiest months of my life. I don't remember if I mentioned
0:56.3	it in the last podcast episode, but in December I started exploring and looking for a new job.
1:05.0	So what happened is in November actually.
1:09.0	Many of you know, I've been teaching powered paragliding and doing these lessons. It's a 10 day course that people can sign up for and they learn to fly and in the winter months I have to go down to Arizona. It's too cold to do it up here in Utah.
1:28.0	So I've been traveling. I've been on the road a lot when I work and my schedule, you know, I usually have to arrive a day early to get things set up and then the day that the course ends I drive home it's it's about a it's a least a full day of driving to get there because it's 12 to 13 hours with my trailer
1:47.6	So sometimes I'm gone for 12 or 13 days at a time and then I'll come home, be home for a few weeks and then go back and do it all over again.
1:58.0	And while I've been doing this for years and making it work, my kids are now at an age where it's not as easy as it was before
2:07.9	because I'm missing out on their activities. They all have their own sports and activities that they do. My son plays cello, my daughter's
2:16.8	dads, my son's also on the swim team, my youngest plays soccer, so you get the idea there's a lot going on my wife's
2:26.1	schedule as a teacher means that she's also busy and it's her first year as the bilingual teacher in the dual immersion program so
2:36.2	she has a lot of work that needs to go into her curriculum planning and
2:40.4	lesson planning so long story, it's a really busy phase of life and me being
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